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> a question could be what is different between a telephone number and IP number? Portability. You can reassign the same phone number indefinitely while IP address sticks to the interface for the address's entire life time. Peter --- "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com> wrote: > At 22:20 17/04/2006, Peter Sherbin wrote: > > > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way > > > without asking for influence in return. > > Dear Peter, > the UN WSIS said the USA governed the Internet. > > >Precisely. That is why I mentioned UN, which is, in theory, a > >politically neutral > >body working for everyone's good. Another source could be e.g. an > >Internet Charity > >Fund or a Red Cross. > >I guess the fundamental question is whether IP addresses are for > >sale or not. If > >they are not, than there is a need for a "neutral" funding to > >preserve the network > >neutrality. As long as IP addresses are sold deep pockets get an advantage. > > a question could be what is different between a telephone number and IP number? > > > > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way > > > without asking for influence in return. > > > > > > We (the "we's" that actually *run* the Internet) do NOT want that for > > > the RIRs. > > > Gert Doering > > > -- NetMaster > > I was not aware that anyone ran a distributed network? > May be the problems come from this confusion? > jfc > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com